On the 20th of September, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) held its first meeting since two of Trump's three new commissioners were confirmed. Protesters showed up outside, and those of them not yet known to FERC security managed to attend the "open" meeting. FERC security is known for using "blue dots" added to badges issued by security to mark known activists to be excluded from so-called "open" meetings.Once inside, they sang "We shall overcome" and were ejected. (inside video is clip from Delaware River Keepers Network video  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJX8FSexDVo)

FERC is infamous as the gas and pipeline industry's rubber stamp for eminent domain, and some of the protesters from front-line communities singled out this theft of their land in calling out the agency. On the climate change issue, Reverend Yearwood mentioned the hurricanes devastating Puerto Rico and the Gulf Coast this year, telling FERC to "check the weather" to understand why approving further fossil fuel infrastructure was a bad idea.

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